Tragedy strikes SXSW

March 13, 2014 |mySA.com and San Antonio Express-News

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Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell (center, at lectern) speaks Thursday March 13, 2014 at a press conference in downtown Austin after two people were killed and more than 20 people were injured after a man in a car attempted to evade police at about 12:30 a.m. The driver of the vehicle sped down a barricaded portion Red River street where the South by Southwest Music Festival was taking place and hit more than 20 people in his car. A cyclist from the Netherlands was killed and a female riding on a moped was killed. The suspect, a black adult male, was tazed and apprehended and will face capital murder charges.

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Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell (center, at lectern) speaks Thursday March 13, 2014 at a press conference in downtown Austin after two people were killed and more than 20 people were injured after a man in a car attempted to evade police at about 12:30 a.m. The driver of the vehicle sped down a barricaded portion Red River street where the South by Southwest Music Festival was taking place and hit more than 20 people in his car. A cyclist from the Netherlands was killed and a female riding on a moped was killed. The suspect, a black adult male, was tazed and apprehended and will face capital murder charges.